[CQ-Contest] The continuing lesson - log what is sent....

[Barry W2UP]

You could spell out the number

Barry W2UP

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 4:20 PM Jack Brindle via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

> But sometimes it might be really difficult. Case in point, the YL who was
> sending a number as her name. Several loggers insist that names must be
> letters only, and refused to log numbers. I made a note of the situation,
> and edited the Cabrillo file to use what she sent me. Weird.
>
> I agree with my long-time friend, log what is sent. Sometimes the log
> programs make it very difficult…
>
> 73!
> Jack, W6FB
>
> > On Jan 17, 2021, at 7:46 AM, Bill Coleman <aa4lr at arrl.net> wrote:
> >
> > During the NAQP Phone, I was amazed at the number of folks I contacted
> who balked at the name I sent, insisting that their software says it should
> be “Bill”.
> >
> > I know it confused a few of the folks I know not to hear “Bill”, but
> there were quite a few people I don’t know who were insisting their
> software says my name should be “Bill”.
> >
> > I haven’t used “Bill” in the NAQP Phone since before 2001.
> >
> > Listen to the other operator, not your software.
> >
> > Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
> > Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
> > Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
> >            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
> >
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